If you have a veil to cover your face and neck use it.
Wasps swarming on siding.
If it is not a cold season check the siding in the middle of the day when the wasps are likely to be busy and away from the nest.
If wasps bees or hornets have built some sort of nest in the siding of your home you can do something about it.
Table of contentshow to prevent wasps invasionhow to get rid of the wasp nestshow to get rid.
First thing first you need to prevent wasps invasion before you start thinking of how to get rid of them.
In general wasps will find these places attractive any time of year.
Never approach a wasps nest without protective gear covering your exposed skin even if you re in peak winter and suspect worker wasps are not present.
Bees will usually sequester themselves away in overhangs cracks window and door frames and under siding basically anywhere they can build a cozy nest.
It is a bit easier this way.
To prevent wasp invasion there are several things you should do.
As explained in our wasp control article they like sheltered spaces and voids for nest building so the sides of homes up under soffits and roof lines are perfect locations for them to live.
They hunker down and create a new colony once spring comes around.
This is how they re able to swarm and attack.
Queen wasps in colonies are the only ones that survive throughout winter.